A Multiple View Interactive Environment to Support MATLAB and GNU/Octave Program Comprehension

Ivan Lessa; Glauco Carneiro; Miguel P. Monteiro; Fernando Brito e Abreu

A Multiple View Interactive Environment to Support MATLAB and GNU/Octave Program Comprehension

Ivan Lessa, Glauco Carneiro, Miguel P. Monteiro, Fernando Brito e Abreu

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Abstract

Program comprehension plays an important role in Software Engineering. In fact, many of the software lifecycle activities depend on program comprehension. Despite the importance of MATLAB and Octave programing languages in the Engineering and Statistical communities, little attention has been paid to the conception, implementation and characterization of tools and techniques for the comprehension of programs written in these languages. Considering this scenario, this paper presents a Multiple View Interactive Environment (MVIE) called OctMiner that supports the comprehension of programs developed in the aforementioned languages. OctMiner provides a set of coordinated visual metaphors that can be adjusted in accordance with the comprehension goals. An example is presented to illustrate the main functionalities of OctMiner in a real scenario of program comprehension.

Original language	English
Pages	552-557
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	12th International Conference on Information Technology – New Generations - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Las Vegas, United States Duration: 13 Apr 2015 → 15 Apr 2015 http://www.itng.info/OLD/2015Web/index.php

Conference

Conference	12th International Conference on Information Technology – New Generations
Abbreviated title	ITNG
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas
Period	13/04/15 → 15/04/15
Internet address	http://www.itng.info/OLD/2015Web/index.php

Keywords

Program Comprehension
Software Visualization
MATLAB
Octave
Crosscutting Concerns

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